Strong H8149שְׂנִיר
Senir
- Transliteration
- shenîyr ώenîyr
- Pronunciation
- {shen-eer'} sen-eer'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From an unused root meaning to be pointed;
peak;
Shenir or {Senir} a summit of Lebanon: - {Senir} Shenir.
peak;
Shenir or {Senir} a summit of Lebanon: - {Senir} Shenir.
Meaning of the name
Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain"
Detailed definition
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the biblical story
Hermon Mount
Mountain on the northern border of Israel
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the Bible
Strong H8149 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- senir2
- shenir2
First verses
- Deuteronomy 3:9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- 1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
- Song of Songs 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ezekiel 27:5They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.